Wireless router?
Here is whats up, I believe the term wireless router is incorrect, infact I believe it is a switch, not a router. As far as my networking knowledge is, a switch connects computers, and then a switch connects to a router, so how can a router connect to a computer. Thanks if you know which it is.
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- if you mean a wireless router it is used to connect to a wireless network given by your isp. Now computers have tha switch thing that allows it to connect with wireless networks
- Wireless routers today usually contain a 10/100Mb hub. No switch. So, it is a true router, and also a hub for wired Ethernet convenience sake. So you get a wireless access point, router capable of a configurable WAN and LAN...even dialing DSL PPoE, and a 4 port hub for further convenience.
- Routers for home networks (often called broadband routers) also can join multiple networks. These routers are designed specifically to join the home (LAN) to the Internet (WAN) for the purpose of Internet connection sharing. In contrast, neither hubs nor switches are capable of joining multiple networks or sharing an Internet connection. A home network with only hubs and switches must designate one computer as the gateway to the Internet, and that device must possess two network adapters for sharing, one for the home LAN and one for the Internet WAN. With a router, all home computers connect to the router equally, and it performs the equivalent gateway functions. In home networking, hubs and switches technically exist only for wired networks. Wi-Fi wireless routers incorporate a built-in access point that is roughly equivalent to a wired switch
